Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new, easy-to-use blood test score that ...

As people age, it becomes harder to know who is on track for healthy years ahead and who may be at higher risk for serious ...

A study in Health Economics uncovers a major unintended consequence of abortion-related regulations: a measurable decline in ...

Muscle loss (atrophy) due to inactivity is common after illness, injury, hospitalization or falls, and becomes increasingly ...

Prenatal magnesium sulfate and steroids can reduce the risks of cerebral palsy and respiratory complications in preterm ...

Almost half of patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in Europe are readmitted within a year, according to a new study ...

To be healthy, conventional wisdom tells us to exercise and limit fatty foods. Exercise helps us lose weight and build muscle. It makes our hearts stronger and boosts how we take in and use oxygen for ...

Driven by rising rates in high blood pressure, nearly 6 in 10 women in the U.S. will have some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the next 25 years, according to a new scientific statement ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known ...

Researchers at UCLA have found a way to supercharge immune cells with a fuel source that tumors can't steal, dramatically ...

Untreated obstructive sleep apnea may be costing the UK and US economies billions of pounds/dollars in lost productivity ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in ...